LOCAL company is in the running to win an award from the Countryside Alliance.

White Haywood Farm Restaurant and Bed and Breakfast, based at White Haywood Farm in Craswall, has been announced as a Midlands finalist in the enterprise catergory for the 2012 Countryside Alliance Awards.

Those nominated businesses from across the region are vying for one of five regional titles and the chance of national acclaim.

The Countryside Alliance Awards celebrate the characters, skills, traditions and enterprise of the countryside.

Regional winners will be announced in January. They will then go forward to the final on March 13.